mevkuf
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish موقوف (mevkuf), from Arabic مَوْقُوف (mawqūf), passive participle of وَقَفَ (waqafa).
Adjective
mevkuf(archaic)
- arrested, detained, held, stopped
- Synonym: tutuklu
- (with ablative) dependent on
- (law, Islam) dedicated to a waqf
Related terms
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mevkuf”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 759
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mevkuf”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN